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Reliable home phone service in Margate, FL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 58,796
Total number of households with telephone service: 17,870
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,374
Number of senior citizens: 14,346
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,890
Number of cell towers: 17
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Florida
Reliable home phone service in Margate, FL that doesn't require internet
Aztec Estates, Carriage Drive, Coral Bay, Coral Gate, Coral Lake Estates, Coral Lakes, Cypress Cove, Hammondville, Highland Lakes, Holiday Springs, Ibec, Margate Estates, Oriole Gardens, Royal Palm Gardens, Sunflower and many more.
City Population: 58,796
Total number of households with telephone service: 17,870
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,374
Number of senior citizens: 14,346
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,890
Number of cell towers: 17
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Margate, FL. Community Phone allows you to keep your landline phone without internet or copper wire.
In fact, Community Phone is the only landline phone service in Margate, FL that does not require internet. Other service providers such as Spectrum, AT&T, and Verizon require an internet connection or a bundle package with cable or internet.
According to survey results from Pew Research, "25% of people 65+ report never going online". That means that 3,587 seniors in Margate don't want their primary phone service tied to their internet, even if they do have internet.
Community Phone works by connecting the landline phones of Margate residents to cell towers. And Margate is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Margate, covering 9 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Margate to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Margate, not just the most populated zip codes like 20715, 20716, 20720.
Landline phone service usage in Margate is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 24.40% of Margate's 58,796 people are over the age of 65, which means about 9,325 senior citizens in Margate still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,869 Margate residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Margate residents. 16.30% of Margate's 24,577 households do not have the internet at all, which means 4,006 households can't use internet-based landline service.
